Psychology is the science of behavior. It covers the behavior
of humans and animals, normal and abnormal behavior, and behavior across
the life span. The field is concerned both with the development of principles
of behavior and with their application to individuals, society, and the
institutions of government, business, and mental health.

The undergraduate major in psychology is often taken
in preparation for graduate education in the field, which is necessary
for professional work in psychology. However, the study of behavior relates
to almost any program of study or vocation, and courses in psychology
are required or recommended for many programs offered at SUNY Brockport.

At SUNY Brockport, the psychology major provides students
with a broad exposure to these different aspects of the discipline, while
allowing concentration in a particular area of interest.

The following psychology courses meet the Knowledge Areas
requirement in the General Education core:

Natural Sciences: PSH 110

Natural Sciences with lab: PSH 112

The following courses meet the Contemporary Issues requirement
in the General Education core:

PSH 455 and 457

The following course meets the Perspectives on Women
requirement in the General Education core:

PSH 433

Major in Psychology All majors are required to complete a minimum of 36 credits of psychology,
half of which (18 credits) must be taken at SUNY Brockport. Courses graded
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory may not be counted toward the major. One may
elect to take more than the minimum, but not more than 54 credits in psychology
will count toward a degree. The major consists of three parts: a required
core, one course from each of the four content areas, and five electives
to be selected with advisement.

Part 1.
To ensure a common foundation, all majors must take the following three
core courses, in the order listed.

Core:
A general psychology course (either PSH 110 or 112), and PSH 202 Introductory
Statistics, which is a prerequisite for PSH 301 Research Methods in Psychology.

Part 2.
To be certain that each student covers the breadth of psychology, majors
are required to take at least one course in each of the four content areas
specified below. Only those courses listed below can be used to meet this
12-credit breadth requirement.

Group I (one required):

PSH 341 Biopsychology

PSH 342 Animal Behavior

PSH 352 Sensation/Perception

Group II (one required):

PSH 331 Personality

PSH 332 Social Psychology

PSH 384 Child Psychology

Group III (one required):

PSH 334 Abnormal Psychology

PSH 336 Clinical Psychology

PSH 397 Health Psychology

Group IV (one required):

PSH 322 Conditioning and Learning

PSH 325 Motivation

PSH 351 Cognitive Processes

Part 3.

Group V (five required):

Each student selects at least five additional psychology
courses with the approval of a faculty advisor.
To make normal progress in the major, a student should complete some of
the knowledge courses, as well as the general psychology course (PSH 110
or 112) and PSH 202, before entering their junior year. Transfer students
should see a psychology faculty advisor as soon as possible.

Minor in Psychology A minor in psychology consists of 18 credits, nine of which must be
upper-division. There are three specifically required courses: a general
psychology course (PSH 110 or 112), Introductory Statistics (PSH 202),
and Research Methods in Psychology (PSH 301). The remaining nine credits
(three courses) are to be selected from the Department of Psychology course
offerings with advisement. Courses graded Satisfactory/ Unsatisfactory
may not be counted toward the minor. At least half of the minor credits
(nine) must be taken at SUNY Brockport.

Psychology Courses NOTE: 100- and 200-level courses are core course prerequisites (an
introductory psychology course is a prerequisite for nearly all other
courses offered; a statistics course is a prerequisite for PSH 301 Research
Methods). Those courses at the 300 level cover basic content areas in
the discipline of psychology and comprise the breadth requirement in the
major; 400-level courses cover more specific content areas in the discipline
(the distinction between 300- and 400-level courses is one of content
focus, not necessarily content difficulty).

NOTE: Courses at the 100, 200, and 300 level are generally
offered every semester. Information regarding scheduled offerings of 400-level
courses can be obtained from the department secretary or from the Schedule
of Courses published each semester.

PSH 110 General Psychology (A,N). Provides an
introduction to the scientific study of mind and behavior. Includes topics
such as personality, motivation, emotion and experience, learning, development,
and abnormal psychology. Students who have received academic credit for
PSH 112 may not receive credit for this course. 3 Cr. Every Semester.

PSH 112 General Psychology with Lab (A,L). Provides an
introduction to the scientific study of mind and behavior. Includes topics
such as personality, perception, social interaction, learning and memory,
development, and abnormal psychology. Requires three hours per week in
lecture and one hour per week in small group labs with an additional one
or two hours of independent lab work each week. Requires data collection
and analysis, and written reports for the labs. Students with credit for
PSH 110 may not receive credit for this course. 4 Cr. Every Semester.

NOTE: Students may not receive credit for more than one
of these two courses listed above. If students wish to repeat one of these
courses, they must take the same course again; substitutions are not permitted.

PSH 202 Introductory Statistics for Psychology (A).
Covers evaluation of experimental results, analysis and interpretation
of data from psychological research using traditional inferential and
descriptive techniques, and psychology as a quantitative science. Required
for majors and minors unless waived by the department. Other students
who have received academic credit for BIO 437, ECN 204, MTH 243, PLS 300,
or SOC 200 or transfer credit for an elementary statistics course at another
institution may not receive credit for this course. 3 Cr. Every Semester.

PSH 301 Research Methods in Psychology (A). Prerequisite:
PSH 202. Introduces the philosophy and process of research in psychology,
including measurement and data collection techniques, research ethics,
design and evaluation of research methodologies, data analysis, and the
preparation of research reports. 3 Cr. Every Semester.

PSH 322 Conditioning and Learning (A). Prerequisite:
A general psychology course (PSH 110 or 112). Covers the psychology of
learning theory, and lab skills with application of lab work to the real
world. Studies basic concepts of classical and instrumental conditioning,
basic parameters of acquisition and extinction, stimulus control of behavior,
and aversive conditioning. 3 Cr. Every Semester.

PSH 325 Motivation (A). Prerequisite: A general
psychology course (PSH 110 or 112). Analyzes the factors (biological,
emotional, behavioral and cognitive) that determine human and animal behavior.
Addresses theories and research in motivation from each major perspective
in psychology (psychoanalytic, behavioristic and humanistic) with an emphasis
upon the influence of stress, anxiety and achievement motivation on human
behavior. 3 Cr. Every Semester.

PSH 331 Personality (A). Prerequisite: A general
psychology course (PSH 110 or 112). Covers the application of scientific
methods to the study of personality, and major theoretical approaches
to personality. Examines research findings in major content areas from
several experimental and measurement perspectives. 3 Cr. Every Semester.

PSH 332 Social Psychology (A). Prerequisite: A
general psychology course (PSH 110 or 112). Provides a scientific study
of human social behavior. Includes topics such as attraction, attitudes,
aggression, conflict, social cognition, social influence, and groups.
3 Cr. Every Semester.

PSH 352 Sensation/Perception (A). Prerequisite:
A general psychology course (PSH 110 or 112). Examines the sense systems
and their role in responding to and producing experiences of the physical
world. 3 Cr. Every Semester.

PSH 384 Child Psychology (A). Recommended: A general
psychology course (PSH 110 or 112). Studies human growth and development
from conception through adolescence. Includes topics such as mechanisms
of development, theories of development, genetic and prenatal influences,
and physical, intellectual, emotional, and social development. 3 Cr. Every
Semester.

PSH 397 Health Psychology (A). Prerequisite: A
general psychology course (PSH 110 or 112). Presents health psychology
as the combination of educational, scientific, and professional contributions
of psychology to the promotion and maintenance of health, the prevention
and treatment of illness, the identification of causes and correlates
of health and illness, and the analysis and improvement of the health
care system. Focuses on the examination of how biological, psychological,
and social factors interact to influence individual behavior related to
promoting health, preventing illness, and coping with illness. 3 Cr. Every
Semester.

PSH 427 Psychology of Thinking (A). Prerequisite:
A general psychology course (PSH 110 or 112). Increases students ' understanding
of thinking through review and evaluation of the development of new theories
and their applications. Focuses on human thinking, particularly problem-directed,
undirected, critical, and creative thinking. 3 Cr.

PSH 429 Research in Learning/Motivation (A). Prerequisites:
A general psychology course (PSH 110 or 112) and instructor's permission;
PSH 301 highly recommended. Allows students to participate in the scientific
investigation of learning and motivation. Provides a faculty-supervised
research experience, including development of a research proposal, collection
of data, and preparation of a research report. 1-3 Cr.

PSH 431 Close Relationships (A). Prerequisites:
A general psychology course (PSH 110 or 112) and instructor's permission;
PSH 301 highly recommended. Investigates various approaches to the study
of close relationships. Explores theories of attachment, evolutionary
psychology, communications, and extant social/psychological approaches,
including interdependence theory, that are useful in understanding close
relationships. Examines the best means of characterizing close relationships,
including the development of a single, integrative frame work. 3 Cr.

PSH 433 Psychology of Gender (A). Prerequisite:
A general psychology course (PSH 110 or 112). Cross-listed as WMS 433.
Surveys the psychological and social impact of sex differences, sex roles,
and the development of gender identity on behavior. Examines historical
antecedents of gender differences, development of gender identity, and
sex differences in performance, attribution, achievement, cognition, interpersonal
behavior, psychopathology, and response to therapy to illustrate facts
and fictions in gender research. 3 Cr.

PSH 435 Alcohol Evaluation and Assessment (A). Prerequisites:
A general psychology course (PSH 110 or 112) and HLS 418 or instructor's
permission. Covers theory and methodology of measurement, assessment and
evaluation in alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence. Studies the more widely
researched and utilized methods of assessment: interviews, structured
tests, behavioral assessments, objective techniques, neuropsychological
evaluation and clinical reports. Makes extensive use of clinical materials
to illustrate the uses and limitations of various techniques. 3 Cr.

PSH 439 Research in Social/Personality (A). Prerequisites:
A general psychology course (PSH 110 or 112) and instructor's permission;
PSH 301 highly recommended. Allow students to participate in the scientific
investigation of social and personality psychology. Provides a faculty-supervised
research experience, including the development of a research proposal,
collection of data, and the preparation of a research report. 1-3 Cr.

PSH 442 Psychology of Eating and Drinking (A). Prerequisites:
A general psychology course (PSH 110 or 112) and PSH 341 or instructor's
permission. Provides an in-depth look at the field of eating and drinking.
Draws on research from a variety of sub- disciplines within psychology,
including biopsychology, learning and motivation, personality, sensation
and perception, and social psychology. Includes: theories and mechanisms
of hunger and thirst, determinants of food preferences and choices, effects
of food on behavior, eating disorders, overeating and obesity, and alcohol
use and abuse. 3 Cr.

PSH 445 Psychopharmacology (A). Prerequisites: PSH 341
or instructor's permission. Covers the effects of psychoactive substances
on the central nervous system, behavior, and mood, with emphasis on the
role of neurotransmitter systems and receptor sites in the mechanism of
drug actions. Includes the pharmacology of recreational drugs as well
as those used in the treatment of psychiatric and neurological disorders.
3 Cr.

PSH 449 Research in Biopsychology (A). Prerequisites:
A general psychology course (PSH 110 or 112), and instructor's permission;
PSH 301 highly recommended. Allows students to participate in the scientific
investigation of biopsychology. Provides a faculty-supervised research
experience, including development of a research proposal, collection of
data, and preparation of a research report. 1-3 Cr.

PSH 455 States of Consciousness (A). Examines
the nature of human consciousness as evidenced through both common (sleep,
dreams, etc.) and altered (psychoactive drugs, meditation, hypnosis, etc.)
states of awareness. 3 Cr.

PSH 457 Creativity (A). Prerequisites: A general
psychology course (110 or 112), junior or senior status, and instructor's
permission. Examines anecdotal, biographical, observational, questionnaire
and experimental evidence and theory from the arts, humanities, and sciences;
discusses relevance of creativity to education and to healthy personal
growth; and explores the possibility of training for creativity. 3 Cr.

PSH 459 Research in Perception/Cognition (A).
Prerequisites: A general psychology course (PSH 110 or 112) and instructor's
permission; PSH 301 highly recommended. Allows students to participate
in the scientific investigation of perception and cognition. Provides
a faculty-supervised research experience, including development of a research
proposal, collection of data, and preparation of a research report. 1-3
Cr.

PSH 465 Practicum in Teaching Experimental Psychology
(B). Prerequisites: PSH 301 and instructor's permission. Allows the
instructor to work with a small group of students in an experimental psychology
course, evaluate their lab research design and assist them in completing
experiments. Also allows students to learn various forms of analysis of
variance. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. 3 Cr. Every Semester.

PSH 482 Community Psychology (A). Prerequisites:
A general psychology course (PSH 110 or 112) PSH 336 or instructor's permission.
Examines the discipline of community psychology, which deals with theory
and practice in the prevention of socioemotional disorders and promotion
of psychological well-being. Includes historical background of community
psychology (e.g., the community mental health movement), the role of stressful
life events/life transitions in adjustment, issues and programs in promotion
of social competence, and social policy applications of psychology. 3
Cr.

PSH 483 Behavior Modification (A). Prerequisite:
A general psychology course (PSH 110 or 112) or instructor's permission.
Covers the application of conditioning and learning principles to the
treatment of human behavior problems. Examines both child and adult applications
in home, classroom and institutional settings. 3 Cr.

PSH 484 Adolescence (A). Recommended: A general
psychology course (PSH 110 or 112). Covers the application of general
principles and theories of development to the adolescent period. Includes
topics such as physiological change, cognitive development, social relations,
identity, and other issues of adolescence. 3 Cr. Every Semester.

PSH 485 Applied Behavior Modification (A). Prerequisites:
A general psychology course (PSH 110 or 112) and PSH 483 or instructor's
permission. Investigates a number of specific areas in which basic principles
and techniques of behavior modification have been successfully applied.
Includes areas of study such as education, business and industry, institutional
behavior, family living, and interpersonal relation ships. 3 Cr.

PSH 486 Psychological Disorders of Children (A).
Prerequisite: A general psychology course (PSH 110 or 112). Provides an
empirical survey of child hood psychological disorders with discussion
of theory, research and therapy. Emphasizes the application of learning
principles for understanding and treating disorders. 3 Cr. Every Semester.

PSH 489 Research in Developmental Psychology (A).
Prerequisites: A general psychology course (PSH 110 or 112) and instructor's
permission; PSH 301 highly recommended. Allows students to participate
in the scientific investigation of developmental psychology. Provides
a faculty-supervised research experience, including development of a research
proposal, collection of data, and preparation of a research report. 1-3
Cr.

PSH 497 Behavioral Medicine (A). Prerequisite:
PSH 397 or instructor's permission. Explores the interdisciplinary field
concerned with the development and integration of behavioral and biomedical
science, knowledge and techniques related to the understanding of health
and illness, and the application of this knowledge and these techniques
to prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation. Emphasizes mind/body
relationships, stress/illness relationships, biofeedback and self-regulation,
pain management, and the human brain as a health-care system. 3 Cr.

Brockport Career Exploration Course I (B). Allows
students to investigate a specific career area under the guidance of an
instructor-sponsor. Usually involves a semester-long, off-campus placement.
Arranged in consultation with the instructor-sponsor; coordinated through
Office of Career Services. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. 3
Cr. Every Semester.